Studying Successful Doctoral Students in Mathematics from Underrepresented Groups

研究来自代表性不足群体的成功数学博士生

• 批准号: 1920753
• 负责人: Michael Young
• 金额: $ 149.98万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2022-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1920753&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Studying; Successful; Doctoral; Students; Mathematics

Iowa State University (ISU) in partnership with researchers at the Education Development Center (EDC) and the University of North Carolina Charlotte will implement an NSF EHR Core Research (ECR) project to study the experiences, perspectives, and stories of successful doctoral students and recent PhDs from underrepresented groups in mathematics. The project will develop interview instruments and conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews with four cohorts: newly accepted students, early graduate students (pre-qualifying exams), advanced graduate students (dissertation level), and recent PhDs (0-5 years since graduation). The interview instruments could be useful to the field beyond this project and the use of these four cohorts will add to the current literature. The research questions in the study are: What are lived experiences of successful underrepresented students who are pursuing mathematics PhDs? and What formal and informal structures are perceived by doctoral students as effective supports? The research will build knowledge to inform decisions about changing mathematics department cultures and practices to better recruit, retain and graduate mathematicians from underrepresented groups. The project will result in survey results from 100 graduate students and recent graduates and twelve composite counterstories illustrating the student experiences and support systems that result in success for students from underrepresented groups. The counterstories and other results are expected to disrupt current perceptions about who can be successful in graduate school, and how. The project includes plans for strategic dissemination of the research results to stakeholders and practitioners.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

爱荷华州立大学（ISU）与教育发展中心（EDC）和北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特大学的研究人员合作，将实施一个NSF EHR Core Research（ECR）项目，以研究数学中缺乏人物群体的经验，成功的博士学位和最新博士学位的经验，观点和故事。该项目将开发访谈工具，并与四个同伙进行深入，半结构化的访谈：新任学生，早期的研究生（资格考试预先考试），高级研究生（学位论文）和最近的博士学位（自毕业以来0 - 5年）。 访谈工具对该项目以外的领域可能很有用，并且使用这四个同类产品将增加当前文献。 研究中的研究问题是：成功代表数学博士学位的成功代表性不足的学生的生活经历是什么？博士生认为哪些正式和非正式结构是有效的支持？这项研究将建立知识，以告知关于改变数学部门的文化和实践的决策，以更好地招募，保留人数不足的群体的数学家。 该项目将导致100名研究生和近期毕业生和十二个综合故事的调查结果，以说明学生的经验和支持系统，从而为来自代表性不足的群体的学生取得成功。 预计反故事和其他结果将破坏当前对谁在研究生院成功的看法，以及如何成功。 该项目包括向利益相关者和从业人员宣布研究结果的战略计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准通过评估来支持的。

项目成果

Poster Session: You say brutal, I say Thursday: Isn't it obvious?

海报会议：你说残酷，我说星期四：这不是显而易见的吗？

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Mathematics Education Across Cultures: Proceedings 42nd PME-NA
• 作者: Sword, S.;Marshall, A.;Young, M.
• 通讯作者: Young, M.